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Alternative name: Grauer's Scrub-Warbler

Photo by Hans&Judy Beste
Nyuangwe, Rwanda, March 2010
Bradypterus graueri

Identification

17 cm

Distribution

Western and Eastern Africa: found in eastern Zaire and adjacent Rwanda and Uganda

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Highland papyrus swamps. vine tangles in swampy grassland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects, small caterpillars, spiders and beetles; also seeds.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
  3. BF Member observations

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